Max time frame: 6 months until deal closed.Flexibility: None given my short amount of time left here, If no deals are found here in the gulf-coast then once PCS’d the VA loan will be used to purchase a multi-unit property at the new location if in continental united states and I will live in it while renting out remaining units.

But let me tell you when you add that little pearl to your resume' dealing with investors it don't hurt !!!

Additionally, an manufactured home lease entered into while the servicemember is on active duty may be terminated if the servicemember receives military orders for a permanent change of station (PCS) outside the continental United States (this would include a PCS to Hawaii or Alaska) or deployment for a period of 180 days or more.

It happened to be the first day of "field week," when we were out of touch/communication with anyone else (starting our core training on the subject of killing folks), basically our only source of info was our DIs who were like "oh so funny coincidence, Pearl Harbor Part 2 just happened, you know, today... get ready for war and train harder!"

I will be picking up a few homes in the coming month or so hopefully.Please feel free to drop a casual line of you have any pearls to share or just to contact another Birmingham investor, interesting humanThanks, and take care!

Not sure if they write in Texas, but I have Hiscox and I've heard great things about Pearl.

Our son is stationed at Pearl Harbor.

@John Babcock  of you can find some pearls.. but for general statement and for a national audience the risk of buying these and ending up selling to you for a substantial loss is at least 50%.. who knowingly goes into an investment with a 50% chance or better of losing 30 to 80% of your principal.. rehabbing houses multiple times until you figure out that's not such a good idea.As @Tom Olson states and he has experience in this from ground level.. it does not matter were you are in the US  in a major metro area like Indy... ( I have done work in NWI and its NOT INdy) these homes are the province IMHO of local investors only, who have the time and the knowledge to understand what they are buying who the tenant is or the tenant demographics and can make them work.

My current company (Continental Property Management) is a lot cheaper than the competition I've seen (no tenant finding fees, 8% expenses, no other fees either), but they're just not great with the maintenance - they'll make minor repairs and then bill you for them without clearing it with you, and often the work isn't great.

Any time he speaks at a REIA its over flowing.Any way he was the key note last year at the J Martin event in Oakland.and here are some of his pearls I sat through his entire presentation.1.